NYC Junto Newsletter written by Iris Bell on June 29, 2014 ___________________________________________________ Contents * NEW Junto meeting Thursday, August 7 * NEW Junto speakers through March 2015 * NEW Lott: "Think Like a Freak," Victor: "Investing Secrets" * NEW NOTICE: March Junto will DEBATE on healthy diet * NEW Boston Tea Party Opera, Fringe Festival, 5 times in Aug. * NEW "Undressed & not" art exhibit Tue., Aug. 12 -- Sat., 16 * NEW NYC Ayn Rand Meetup, Sunday, Aug. 31, 3:00pm * NEW India's "untouchables" emancipated by capitalism * NEW Kindle player, free, smartphone, tablet, PC/Mac computer * NEW "Atlas Shrugged, part three" movie, five items * NEW Understand how people think about politics * NEW Holzer's blog: Only people have rights...our Constitution * NEW Holzer's book: Ayn Rand explains Constitutional flaw * NEW "Republican Party's Civil War: Will freedom win?" Cato * NEW Since WWII U.S. hasn't an unambiguous military victory * NEW Bringing high school kids alive with debating * NEW Gene Epstein speaking in Bucharest in April * NEW "Inventing Freedom: English-speaking peoples" Hannan * NEW Ayn Rand Institute think tank shapes policy issues * NEW Items of interest...to read: Obj., novel, Rand, articles * NEW Medicine and Slavery: Dick Morris quotes Ayn Rand * Free market and Objectivist groups, sites and podcasts * Read and post to the Junto sites * About Junto and this Junto newsletter NEW___________________________ __________________ Junto focuses on free markets, Objectivism and investing. It's a group that shares information, discusses current issues and presents speakers Thursday, August 7 Gene Epstein speaks about The Piketty Phenomenon: What the popularity of "Capital in the Twenty-First Century" tells us about capitalism in the 21st century Admission free -- no reservation necessary * We'll socialize from 7:00pm to 7:30pm * 7:30pm moderator, Gene Epstein calls first for announcements of things happening before the next Junto. Then he asks for other announcements and for people introducing themselves. * The speaker begins promptly at 8:00pm. * Most speakers will present their thoughts in several sections. Each section will have audience questions, discussions and rebuttal of the speaker's points. * Discussions are intense but polite. * The meeting will continue to 10:00pm or later. General Society Library 20 West 44 St., between 5th and 6th Aves., NYC near the Grand Central Terminal * Junto meets on the first Thursday of every month * Participation by all attendees is highly encouraged. * 70 to 150 people attend most Juntos. Gene Epstein speaks about -- The Piketty Phenomenon: What the popularity of "Capital in the Twenty-First Century" tells us about capitalism in the 21st century. Excerpts from a comment on Piketty's book by Gene Epstein: "A work that radically indicts our current economic system is well worth writing. 'Capital in the Twenty-First Century' is not that book. "That's because Piketty makes no mention of crony capitalism -- the unholy alliance between government and business -- which badly distorts the economy and leads to unjust inequalities of wealth and income, because they are outcomes of an unjust process. While capitalism is a system of profit and loss, businesses under crony capitalism are shielded from losses; the 2008-09 bailouts of Chrysler and GM are notorious examples. "Hunter Lewis, author of the excellent 'Crony Capitalism in America: 2008-2012,' also points out that Piketty's charting of the ups and downs of income returns to the top 10% correlates with central-bank-induced bubbles. These bubbles, Lewis explains, constituted "an explosion of crony capitalism as some rich people exploited all the new money, both on Wall Street and through connections with the government in Washington." "Piketty conjures up the naive image of capitalist businesses generating virtually risk-free income to their owners. Under crony capitalism, however, with government flooding the bond markets with low-risk IOUs, while expanding the list of businesses too big to fail, there is indeed greatly enhanced potential to turn capitalist winnings into steady streams of income for the cronies. "And to the extent that Piketty is right to say that capitalist riches provide the wealthy with disproportionate power in politics, one obvious solution is to shrink government influence, thus reducing the capitalists to their classically humble role of having to sell us goods and services we choose to buy. But Piketty would march us in the opposite direction, expanding government's reach." Epstein is Junto's moderator, the economics editor and books editor of the Barron's weekly business magazine and author of "Econospinning: How to read between the lines when the media manipulate the numbers:" www.tiny.cc/Econo ______________________________ ____________________ * The Junto Forum, read and post: www.tiny.cc/JuntoForum * Visit Junto's site for information on current and past speakers, to listen to podcasts of previous Juntos, to read previous newsletters and to sign up for the Junto e-newsletter: www.NYCjunto.com * Visit Junto on Facebook: www.on.fb.me/JuntoNYC * Follow Junto on Twitter: www.twitter.com/NYCJunto ______________________________ ____________________ Junto's founder and host is Victor Niederhoffer. Visit his site: www.DailySpeculations.com ****************************** ******************** Feel free to use the above text to promote Junto among free marketers, Objectivists and investors. NEW___________________________ __________________ Come to Junto, meet these upcoming speakers: September 4 George Meegan "The Longest Walk: The record of our world's first crossing of the entire Americas." Adventurer, lecturer, school reformer and world traveler. He went from Tierra del Fuego, South America to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, 19,019 miles, in 2,425 days...shot at, chased by a one-legged gaucho, walked impassable Darien Gap. www.bit.ly/GMeegan October 2 Peter Schuck "Why Government Fails So Often -- and how it can do better." Yale law professor. From healthcare to workplace conduct, the federal government manages more of our lives. The consequence is a threat to government legitimacy. Examples of how to right the foundering ship of state. Information and his visit to The Daily Show: www.bit.ly/Schuck November 6 Bryan Caplan "Is college worth it?" Professor economics George Mason University. His next book "The Case Against Education." He blogs at EconLog: www.tiny.cc/EconB December 4 Donald J. Boudreaux "Half-Wits and Hypocrites: 2013-2014." Senior fellow Mercatus Center, and professor economics George Mason University chair, study of free market capitalism, Mercatus Center. Specializes globalization and trade, law and economics, and antitrust economics. He blogs daily at: www.CafeHayek.com. He's on Stossel talking to students about economics: www.tiny.cc/econStossel January 1, 2015 Stephen Harner: "Myths and Realities of China's Role in Asia and of the Pivot to Asia by the U.S." Former U.S. foreign service officer, Beijing, D.C., Hong Kong and Tokyo. Successful career in Asian-based banking. His Forbes blog is Whither Japan: www.tiny.cc/Harner February 5, 2015 Benjamin W. Powell, speaking about his book, "Out of Poverty: Sweatshops in the global economy." Director Free Market Institute at the Texas Tech University and senior fellow at the Independent Institute, a libertarian think tank. www.tiny.cc/BPowell AND a celebration of Ayn Rand's 110th birthday. March 5, 2015 Nina Teicholz & John Mackey will DEBATE: "An animal foods/low-carb centered diet is unhealthy compared with a 90+% plant-based diet that excludes sugar and refined grain products." Teicholz will take the negative and Mackey will take the affirmative. Teicholz is the author of "The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat & Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet." She's an investigative journalist who's written for Gourmet, The New Yorker, The Economist and The New York Times. She's reported for National Public Radio. Mackey is working on a book about healthy diet. He spoke at Junto in June 2013. He's co-CEO of Whole Foods Market. His stores often have Dr. Fuhrman's Nutrient Density numbers on items on the salad bar. Furhman says 90% of the daily diet should be nutrient rich plant foods: www.tiny.cc/DrF And here's Whole Food Market's site for healthy eating: www.tiny.cc/WholeFoodM NEW___________________________ ___________________ John Lott on " Think Like a Freak" & Victor on "Investing Secrets" These two book reviews are in this one issue of Barron's. Lott, a Junto speaker, writes that "the fun quotient is ultimately diminished by the fact that their stock in trade is naive economics." Victor Niederhoffer, Junto sponsor, writes of "Investing Secrets: The master of money flows" -- "In this timeless and thought-provoking tome, market trader and analyst Laszlo Birinyi reveals some of his greatest successes and most celebrated techniques." Read all of both reviews here: www.tiny.cc/LottAndVictor NEW___________________________ ___________________ NOTICE: March Junto will DEBATE about what's a healthy diet Nina Teicholz and John Mackey will debate this: "An animal foods/low-carb centered diet is unhealthy compared with a 90+% plant-based diet that excludes sugar and refined grain products." Teicholz will take the negative and Mackey will take the affirmative. Teicholz is the author of "The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat & Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet." www.tiny.cc/BigFat Mackey is working on a book about healthy diet. He spoke at Junto in June 2013. He's co-CEO of Whole Foods Market. His stores often have Dr. Fuhrman's Nutrient Density numbers on items on the salad bar. Furhman says 90% of the daily diet should be nutrient rich plant foods: www.tiny.cc/DrF And here's Whole Food Market's site for healthy eating: www.tiny.cc/WholeFoodM NEW___________________________ ___________________ Boston Tea Party Opera at Fringe Festival, five times in Aug. Parts of this opera has been sung at Junto. World premiere is at the New York International Fringe Festival. * Sat., Aug. 9, 8:15pm * Wed., Aug. 13, 4:15pm, talk-back after performance * Sat., Aug. 16, noon * Mon., Aug. 18, 4:45pm * Fri., Aug. 22, 5:15pm Venue #13 at the Sheen Center, The Loretto, 18 Bleecker at Elizabeth New love blooms -- and old loyalty dies, as Sam Adams leads a rebellion against an empire's high taxes, heavy-handedness and invasions of privacy. A mythic, modern version of the moment Americans discovered their identity as a people. This work of art is to educate and motivate people to support human greatness -- to advance reason, moral heroism and political freedom. Three and a half hours. Order tickets: www.tiny.cc/OperaTea NEW___________________________ ___________________ "Undressed & not" art exhibit Tue., Aug. 12 through Sat., 16 Ilene Skeen, who's often at Junto, is having an her third invitational members show. It's an exhibit of works by 21 artists. Reception Thu., Aug. 14, 6:00pm through 8:00pm. Hours daily 11:00am through 6:00pm. Barebrush.com at NoHo Gallery, Chelsea 530 West 25 Street, 4th floor between 10th & 11th Streets, steps from the High Line park NEW___________________________ ___________________ NYC Ayn Rand Meetup, Sunday, Aug. 31, 3:00pm As always, we'll talk about Ayn Rand, her works, challenges, Objectivist life, options, associations and knowledge. Give and take, open to all, no charge, no reservations. It's on the last Sunday of each month. It's at The Midtown Restaurant, 155 East 55 Street, between 3rd and Lexington Avenues, mid-block on the north side of 55th Street, in Manhattan, free. There are usually about two dozen people at each Meetup. Benny Pollack, Ayn Rand Meetup organizer, says: "Join our group of regular Objectivists for a lively discussion on topics related to Ayn Rand and Objectivist philosophy in general. "Please join us. If you are already versed in the topic, want to learn or just want to spend an intellectually stimulating afternoon, please come. I hope to see you all there." Get up-to-date info: www.AynRand.meetup.com/8 NEW___________________________ ___________________ India's "untouchables" are being emancipated by capitalism Devesh Kapur in Financial Times appreciates the changes. I've read for decades that Indian law has ended castes but it hasn't made a difference. Now the culture has changed: "....Economic statistics show that hundreds of millions are being lifted out of poverty. Below the surface, the social changes are even more profound. "Among the most striking beneficiaries are India's Dalits (previously known as the "untouchables"), who for centuries were victimised by one of the most hierarchical societies in the world. Capitalism's role in erasing this stain on Indian society is comparable to the contribution it made to curtailing slavery, serfdom, feudalism and patriarchy in the west. "Since India underwent market-based reforms in the early 1990s, Dalits have advanced their economic lives....They are no longer confined to their own parallel economy, but buy from the same merchants and sell to the same customers as everyone else.... "And the Dalit community is producing its own capitalists, too -- entrepreneurs who are profiting from opportunities in everything from construction to healthcare to education. In a growing economy that is open to all, fortune rewards those with grit, ambition, drive and hustle...." To bad this author thinks India and the U.S. have capitalism, and that it's responsible for the crises brought on by their mixed economies: www.tiny.cc/Dalits NEW___________________________ ___________________ Kindle player free for smartphone, tablet, PC or Mac computer There are many Kindle books mentioned in this newsletter. You can read them now, no Kindle device required. Download a free Kindle app to start reading Kindle books. Get a free Kindle reader for Apple, Android, Samsung, Windows phone; BlackBerry, iPad, iPhone, Mac, iPod Touch, Windows 8, 8 RT, Modern UI, Windows 8 desktop, Windows 7, XP, Vista and iPad, Android Tablet, Samsung Tablet. There's also a Kindle Cloud Reader to read ebooks instantly in your web browser, even on a Linux computer. Many Kindle books cost $1 and $2, over 1.3 million are $4.99 or less, over 2 million are $9.99 or less, over 2.5 million are free. Over a half million books are exclusive to the Kindle. Go here to begin reading Kindle books instantly: www.tiny.cc/freeKindleReader NEW___________________________ ___________________ "Atlas Shrugged, part three" movie, five items of interest * Review of preview at FreedomFest, July 9, by Stephen Cox. "Not bad. Very good in many parts...In the tricky role of John Galt we have Kristoffer Polaha, who looks exactly like the dark, hunky, American boy you'd see in a truck commercial. Odd, but it's possible and he makes it work. He even has a sense of humor.... The screenplay is more than competent, although strong deductions must be made for the overuse of a voiceover telling you what's been happening to the country while the main characters are having their conversations and love affairs. The device is obviously appropriate for a story of this length and complexity...[Of Galt's speech, David Kelly says they're dropping] from the speech what wasn't foreshadowed in the movie.' In other words, by cutting what wasn't directly relevant to the action. Fine with me...." www.tiny.cc/AtlasReview * "History of the Atlas Shrugged Movie Trilogy" Kindle only book. Do you know who Ayn Rand thought would make a good Dagny? Get the answers to many question, plus a history of early Objectivism with many links and learn of the steps leading to the making of the film, by associate producer Joan Carter. 74 page, $4.99, Kindle book: www.tiny.cc/AtlasHistory * David Kelley's radio interview, he's written some of the more philosophical parts of the films: www.tiny.cc/GaltS * Trailer with words from Galt's speech: www.tiny.cc/GaltS * David Kelley talks about John Galt's speech. In the novel the speech is 33,000 words. In the movie it's a bit over 600 words: www.tiny.cc/gSpeech NEW___________________________ ___________________ Understand how people think about politics I like this way of thinking about my ideas and others. It's clarified my thoughts after just listening to this first short blog. Diana Hsieh's podcast "Philosophy in Action Radio" asks: "How many times have you been in political discussions...you're talking past one another? You'll make points they consider irrelevant...they'll focus on issues you consider nonessential. "Such problems can be overcome, at least in part, using Arnold Kling's concept of "The Three Languages of Politics." "Paul Hsieh explains how...3 vastly different metaphors in political discussions...create unintentional misunderstandings and miscommunications." In Kling's short book "The Three Languages of Politics" he hypothesizes three polarized axes of thought: * Oppressor/oppressed [naturally preferred by progressives] * Civilization/barbarism [naturally preferred by conservatives] * Freedom/coercion [naturally preferred by libertarians]. I'm grateful for having the Hsieh's point out that within each axes a person will think they've played their trump card, proven their argument. Then they'll wonder why it didn't convince. It's because the other person is thinking along a different axes. The Hsieh's clearly explain Kling's idea: www.tiny.cc/ThreeH On another podcast, EconTalk, Kling, an economist and blogger, talks about the ideas in his book with host Russ Roberts. Kling says each group has their own language and way of looking at the world which don't overlap. Each group can demonize the others, resulting in intolerance and incivility. An example from an Amazon review of the book: "Even...with an issue about which we would all agree, the three different axes still produce discord. The holocaust, for example. "Seen along the oppressor/oppressed axis it becomes a prime example of the evils of allowing anti-semitism. That is, the deliberate creation of an oppressed group. "Along the civilization/barbarism axis, it's a prime example of moral values collapsing when a nation's institutions are subverted. "For freedom/coercion, it becomes an example of what goes wrong with unchecked state power. "Despite agreeing on the evil, each solution is at cross purposes to the other and marks you for dismissal by those operating instinctively along a different axis." By understanding the language and mindset of others, Kling suggests we can understand why each group feels both misunderstood and morally superior to the other two: www.tiny.cc/EconThree The Kindle only book "The Three Languages of Politics," 53 pages, $1.99: www.tiny.cc/ThreeBook NEW___________________________ ___________________ Holzer's blog: Only people have rights...about our Constitution Henry Mark Holzer writes "...Not only was the Tenth Amendment not intended to safeguard rights, not only does it say nothing about states' rights, not only is it clear beyond rational argument that the Amendment speaks only to power expressly delegated to Congress and other power expressly reserved to the states, but states do not have rights. Only individuals have rights...." Read the whole essay here: www.tiny.cc/Rights NEW___________________________ ___________________ Holzer's book: Ayn Rand's explains a Constitutional flaw "The American Constitution and Ayn Rand's 'Inner Contradiction' " Henry Mark Holzer is especially interesting in the opening section where he gives a brief description of events prior to the revolution, through the conventions, up to the actions of chief justice Marshall. It provides an overview of the Constitution's most important provisions as interpreted by the Supreme Court. And it demonstrates something unknown to virtually all Americans: foundational to every political, social, economic and legal system are ethical principles, and that from our nation's earliest days to the present there has been an ethical leitmotif running through the Supreme Court's most important decisions affecting individual rights and limited government. "Employing and legitimizing the exercise of statist power, the Supreme Court of the U.S. has facilitated state legislatures and Congress in their sacrifice of individual rights to the common good, and made a mockery of the Founders' creation of a limited government. But with a few notable exceptions there is hardly any knowledgeable, explicit and principled defense of our Constitution and Bill of Rights to be found anywhere....Nor, sadly, emanating from many Republicans, Conservatives, and libertarians.... "While many Tea Party activists and others, [fight] for core constitutional values, many of them are disarmed because they've been taught little about American constitutional law." Kindle $2.99, paperback $11.10: www.tiny.cc/HolzerC NEW___________________________ ___________________ "Republican Party's Civil War: Will freedom win?" at Cato Tue., July 29, noon, author Edward Hudgins, director of advocacy and senior scholar, The Atlas Society, will be on a panel at the Cato Institute. He believes a turn toward libertarian ideas and policies would bring the party philosophical coherence and sustained electoral success. Hear the discussion live or later: www.tiny.cc/AtlasCato The book, Kindle and paperback: www.tiny.cc/FreedomWinH NEW___________________________ ___________________ Since WWII the U.S. hasn't had an unambiguous military victory Henry Mark Holzer reviews a book which explains why we didn't win it in Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq and haven't against our recent terrorist enemies: www.tiny.cc/Winning NEW___________________________ ___________________ Bringing high school kids alive with debating Amity Shlaes, Junto speaker, writes: "Most anyone can debate. I've watched timid teens who don't know how to say 'protectionism' in the morning win a debate on the same subject in the afternoon. As in soccer, football, or sailing an Opti sailboat across a windy bay, competition in debate causes kids to forget their fears.... "Watching 14-year-olds list the merits or demerits of F. V. Hayek, we realized that debate was an innovation as disruptive as any.... Attention, philanthropists: This is an efficient charity. Rather than waging the endless fight to deepen the high-school curriculum by forcing content upon reluctant teachers and unions, we were going around the schools. And delivering the same content easily and through sport, after school...." Read it at: www.tiny.cc/AliveOne & www.tiny.cc/AliveTwo NEW___________________________ ___________________ Gene Epstein, speaking in Bucharest in April "How to talk with a socialist about the free market." He writes: "Lovingly dedicated to the memory of my mom, a card-carrying member of the Communist Party USA." www.tiny.cc/GeneFreeMkt & www.tiny.cc/GeneQandA NEW___________________________ ___________________ "Inventing Freedom: How the English-speaking peoples made the modern world" book by Daniel Hannan reviewed by Bruce Thornton "...Multiculturalists slander the West for its alleged crimes, they praise and promote political and social ideals -- democracy, freedom, equality, and law-based justice -- that flourish only in the West. This cognitive dissonance is made possible by massive historical ignorance of just where such ideas originated and developed. The great value of [this book] lies in its recovery of that history, and the role that the 'Anglosphere,' the English- speaking countries, played in recognizing and nurturing those ideals for over 1,500 years." More: www.tiny.cc/InventFreedom NEW___________________________ ___________________ Ayn Rand Institute think tank shapes debate on policy issues * Obamacare's moral failure, "Nothing justifies treating people as if they are the servants of others. Universal coverage is immoral." See Rituparna Basu speak: www.tiny.cc/ObamaCareB * Cultural debate over the (non-)issue of economic inequality: "The left is screaming that inequalities of wealth...are on the rise ...the right responds that the rise isn't so dramatic...Our view... [ask] Why is such inequality even an issue?" * Don Watkins's "End the Debt Draft" campaign and his book, "RooseveltCare: How Social Security is sabotaging the land of self-reliance," in which he writes: "The government has made promises in our name that we have no way to keep, and any attempt to try to keep them will mean robbing my generation and my daughter's generation of many of our hopes and dreams." Find each of these here: www.ari.AynRand.org NEW___________________________ ___________________ Items of interest...to read * "The Vision of Ayn Rand: The Basic Principles of Objectivism." Now available again, these are the 20 lectures which Ayn Rand OKed as a way of teaching Objectivism in the 1960s. Kindle $9.99: www.tiny.cc/ObjLectures * "Crosspoints: A novel of choice" by Alexandra York, in Kindle, also a paperback. Psychological thriller, richly drawn characters. What happens when your work & your love clash with your deepest values? My husband Paul just read it and enjoyed it, said it's well written. I'll read it next. Kindle $3.99: www.tiny.cc/Cross * "The Virtue of Selfishness" by Ayn Rand, 50th anniversary Over 400,000 books were in print in its first 4 months. Now 1.35 million have been sold. In 19 articles, a "New concept of egoism" based on reason as man's means of survival and opposed to all forms of sacrifice. The Ayn Rand Institute will host talks, panel discussions and book giveaways: www.tiny.cc/selfVirtue * No. Korean's invasion of So. Korea, by Henry Mark Holzer. A free monograph on the conflict from June 1950 to July 1953, referred to as "Forgotten War." Few know who really started the Korean War, why conspirators engineered the attack, what was behind the U.S. response. Stalin, Mao Tse-tung, Kim Il-sung and Truman all schemed, and we're living with the consequences: Read online: www.tiny.cc/Koreas * "Music keeps us alive inside," by Curtis Ellis in Huff Post. Report on the film "Alive Inside," inspirational and a revelation. People suffering dementia radically improve when listening to their favorite music: www.tiny.cc/MusicAlive * Apple appeals ebook antitrust verdict, by Tom Bowden, ARI If the appeal fails Apple will have to pay $450 million in "consumer relief." Just where's the injury here? Every purchaser of it paid exactly the price they chose...this is the peculiar evil of antitrust laws: www.tiny.cc/Antitrust NEW___________________________ ___________________ Medicine and Slavery: Dick Morris quotes Ayn Rand "I recently decided to read 'Atlas Shrugged' by Ayn Rand. As a liberal, I had never considered it & as a conservative, never gotten around to it. Last night, I read an eloquent statement by Dr. Hendricks, a character in the novel who was on strike and refused to donate his services to State run medicine. It is worth pondering today. It echoes the cri de coeur of every doctor in America: " 'I quit when medicine was placed under State control some years ago. Do you know what it takes to perform a brain operation? Do you know the kind of skill it demands, and the years of passionate, merciless, excruciating devotion that go to acquire that skill? That was what I would not place at the disposal of men whose sole qualification to rule me was their capacity to spout the fraudulent generalities that got them elected to the privilege of enforcing their wishes at the point of a gun...' " Read the rest: www.tiny.cc/MorrisAR NEW___________________________ ___________________ Free market and Objectivist groups, sites and podcasts *** Groups which meet in Manhattan *** Ayn Rand NY Tours -- www.tiny.cc/ToursRand Gotham Tea Party -- www.tiny.cc/GothamTea (suspended?) Manhattan Libertarian Party -- www.manhattanLP.org NYC Ayn Rand Meetup -- www.meetup.com/AynRand-8 NYC Junto -- www.NYCjunto.org NY Objectivists/NY Heroes -- www.tiny.cc/NYheroesObj and www.meetup.com/nyheroes *** Sites to visit *** Aristos: An Online Review of the Arts -- www.aristos.org "Atlas" in your life -- www.Fountainheadinstitute.com Ayn Rand Institute -- www.AynRand.org Ayn Rand Lexicon -- www.AynRandLexicon.com Center for Industrial Progress -- www.tiny.cc/indProgress Cato Institute -- www.cato.org education blog -- www.LiberatingEducation. blogspot.com Forum for Ayn Rand fans -- www.forums.4aynRandFans.com Institute for Justice -- www.ij.org Libertarianism introduction from Cato -- www.Libertarianism.org Liberty Magazine -- www.tiny.cc/LibertyMag Ludwig Von Mises Institute -- www.mises.org News Sandwich from Amy Peikoff -- www.tiny.cc/NewsS Objectivism Online -- www.objectivismOnline.com Powell History -- www.tiny.cc/PowellHistory Powell history courses -- www.HistoryAtOurHouse.com Real Clear Politics -- www.RealClearPolitics.com Rebirth of Reason -- www.RebirthOfReason.com Sense of Life Objectivists -- www.soloPassion.com The Atlasphere -- www.theAtlasphere.com The Atlas Society -- www.AtlasSociety.org The College of the United States -- www.rifinst.org The Objective Standard -- www.theObjectiveStandard.com The Objective Standard's Blog -- www.tiny.cc/blogTOS The Tracinski Letter -- www.tracinskiLetter.com Tracinski at The Federalist --www.tiny.cc/FedTra *** Internet podcasts, all free *** These are mainly weekly "radio" shows you can hear online. Listen to any show live or at any time. Some are on iTunes. If you're listening live, join by commenting or asking questions by phone, email, in a chat room, tweeting, etc. * "Don't let it go unheard" Amy Peikoff's discussion of news and politics from the perspective of Ayn Rand's philosophy Objectivism. Bosch Fawstin, illusWriter is usually on the show. Visit his site to see his clever and dramatic work: www.tiny.cc/BoschF Robert Begley, a Junto regular, often calls in live. Live Fri. 3:00pm to 5:00pm eastern time www.tiny.cc/AmyP * "Philosophy in action" Diana Heish answer questions on positive change in Islam, self-esteem and appearance, rational suicide, deep-down atheism and more. Live Sun. Q&As: 11:00am eastern time Live Wed. Interviews: 9:00pm eastern time www.tiny.cc/DianaH * "The Peikoff podcasts" Alternate weeks have Leonard Peikoff, philosopher, Ayn Rand's intellectual heir or Yaron Brook, CEO, Ayn Rand Institute. Leonard answers questions about Ayn Rand's philosophy Objectivism. He focuses on human relationships, career, moral issues -- not technical philosophy or practical politics. Yaron answers questions on politics, economics, foreign policy. Podcasts available by topic, single questions or full episodes. www.tiny.cc/PeikoffBrook * "Objectively speaking" (The Arshak and Andy Show) Arshak Benlian and Andrew Bernstein discuss current events and timeless themes related to politics and culture from the perspective of Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism: No new show, listen to older ones: www.tiny.cc/ArshakAndy * " 'Atlas Shrugged' out loud" Arshak Benlian's detailed, scene by scene, study of Ayn Rand's epic novel. No new shows, listen to older ones: www.tiny.cc/StudyAtlas ______________________________ ____________________ Fred Cookinham's five Ayn Rand walking tours * "Atlas Shrugged" * Ayn Rand's Park Ave. * Skyscrapers of ''The Fountainhead'' * Ayn Rand on Broadway * Ayn Rand Fifth Ave. www.tiny.cc/ToursRand Scheduled tours $20, over 65 yr. old $15. Private tours $30. To arrange for your private tour or for more information, call Fred at home: 718-397-9019 or on his cell: 917-607-9019 or email him: fcookinham [at] juno.com Fred's tours get better because he never stops researching. ''What I have learned from a lifetime of studying Ayn Rand." He's often at Junto and Ayn Rand Meetups. He gave his ''Ayn Rand and Free Market Tour'' for Mont Pelerin Society. ______________________________ ____________________ Read and post to Junto sites * Read and post to the Forum on the Junto site: www.tiny.cc/JuntoForum * Read and post to Junto-discuss list: Junto members can discuss Junto speakers and other topics. You can read these posts at: www.yhoo.it/JuntoP To post to this list you need to be a member of it. Become a member at: www.yhoo.it/JuntoD or send email: NYCjunto-discuss-subscribe@ yahoogroups.com ______________________________ ____________________ About Junto and this Junto newsletter * Gene Epstein moderates Junto. He's the economics editor and books editor of Barron's, the weekly business magazine, author of ''Econospinning: How to read between the lines When the media manipulate the numbers'' www.tiny.cc/Econo * Iris Bell writes this e-newsletter, designs the Junto handouts and is a freelance graphic designer. She was Ayn Rand's and the Nathaniel Branden Institute's graphic designer. * Oleg Atbashian created NYCjunto.com. He also sends out this e-newsletter, cares for its email list and moderates www.tiny.cc/JuntoForum. His famous site discusses important issues with humor: www.ThePeoplesCube.com * Our founder and host is Victor Niederhoffer. Dedicated to the scientific method, free markets, deflating ballyhoo, creating value and laughter; a forum for us to use our meager abilities to make the world of specinvestments a better place. Visit his site at: www.DailySpeculations.com * This e-newsletter comes out twice a month. You might get an occasional extra email about a timely event. * To subscribe to this newsletter put "Junto list" in the subject line, email your name & preferred email address to: info@NYCjunto.org ______________________________ ____________________ END
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